H.G. WELLS: ANOTHER KIND OF LIFE

Book ID/图书代码： 10725010B36765

English Summary/英文概要： When H.G. Wells left school in 1880 at thirteen he looked destined for obscurity. Defying expectations, he became one of the most famous writers in the world, remaining active into the era of the atomic bomb, which he predicted by thirty years. He created classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, reinvented the Dickensian novel in Kipps and The History of Mr Polly, pioneered postmodernism in experimental fiction and harangued his contemporaries in polemics which included two bestselling histories of the world. He brought equal energy to his outrageously promiscuous love life. A series of affairs embraced distinguished authors such as Dorothy Richardson and Rebecca West, the gun-toting travel writer Odette Keun and Russian spy Moura Budberg. Until his death in 1946 Wells had artistic and ideological confrontations with everyone from Henry James to George Orwell, from Churchill to Stalin. He remains a controversial figure, attacked by some as a philistine, sexist and racist, praised by others as a great writer, a prophet of globalization and a pioneer of human rights. Wells scholar Michael Sherborne sets the record straight in this authoritative biography. It is the first full-scale account to include material from the long-suppressed skeleton correspondence with his mistresses and illegitimate daughter. Wells’s life is a great story in its own right. Here it is retold from a 21st-century perspective, making it accessible and fascinating to general readers and English literature specialists alike.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当H.G. Wells13岁结束学业时，他似乎注定默默无闻。但是出乎意料的，他成为了世界上最著名的作家之一，提前30年预言了原子弹时代的来临。他创作了像《时空机器》，《隐形人》和《世界战争》这样的经典科幻小说，并改编了狄更斯的小说《吉普斯》和《波利先生的历史》，开创了实验性小说的后现代主义写作先河，并抨击了与他同时代人的一些做法。他的社交生活和性生活似乎很混乱，有些事件还涉及了像Dorothy Richardson和Rebecca West这样的知名作家, 持枪旅行作家Odette Keun和俄罗斯间谍Moura Budberg。直到他去世时，H.G. Wells似乎与很多人有过艺术和思想上的冲突，包括Henry James，George Orwell,Churchill和Stalin。他是一个颇具争议的人物，他受到一些没文化的人，性别歧视者和种族歧视者的攻击，但同时也受到一些伟大作家的褒奖，称他为全球化变化趋势的先知，是人权主义的先锋。Wells的学者Michael Sherborne将这些都写进了这本人物传记中。这是第一本关于H.G. Wells生平的全面记录，还包括了一些与他情妇和私生女的秘密信件。Wells凭借他自身的力量成就了他伟大的一生。本书中以21世纪的角度重述了这些故事，使它能让普通读者和英国文学专家接受，并被深深吸引。(兼职翻译-XAT)

Awards/获奖情况：对《另一种生活》的赞誉：
权威，全面，干脆。——David Lodge

Michael Sherborne的传记《另一种生活》，是对人类和作家的经典描述。——《每日电讯》Robert Douglas

这样全面地描述令人钦佩，Michael Sherborne并没有回避Wells性格和作品上的矛盾或缺点，这样的先知形象虽然不完美，但却是真实的。——《星期日邮报》，Simon Griffith

这本传记是对Wells学术研究的宝贵贡献，Michael Sherborne的写作方式直接，积极，诙谐。这本传记受众群很广，而且通篇都十分有趣。研究极为细致广泛，论点则独到有说服力。——《蒂奇》

一部优秀的传记：权威，全面，干脆。——《时代文学副刊》，Clare Harman

一部细致的学术作品，是学术读物和阅读清单上的必读。——Patrick Parrinder，《科幻小说研究》

Michael Sherborne紧紧抓住了Wells的天赋，勇敢以及失败的部分，他是第一个如此全面地描绘这位千变万化，有所丑闻却也改变了世界的作家的人生的。——Donna Seaman，《书目》

Michael Sherborne深刻知道他的人物和主题，这本传记绝对能满足好奇的读者，让他们更好地了解Wells的人生和作品，也能为刚刚了解Wells的人找到一个好的出发点。值得推荐。——《蛇油评价出版社》

对David Lodge《人的部分》轻松诙谐的补充。——Adam Kirsch，纽约

About the Author/作者介绍： Michael Sherborne是卢顿大学英语和人文学院的院长，是《蒂奇》的前任主编和威尔斯学会的主席。

MICHAEL SHERBORNE is the Head of the English and Humanities Department at Luton Sixth Form College. He is the former editor of The Wellsian and chairman of the H.G. Wells Society

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